Precipitation and temperature features of September in China

30-09-2013
Source:China Meteorological News Press

According to the news of CMA's press conference yesterday, the national mean precipitation of September was 67.0 mm which about 8.8% more than the normal years.

But in some parts in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, North China, Northwest China, the Yellow-Huaihe basin, Tibet, Yunnan and Guizhou, the precipitation was 20%-80% less than normal years. Among them, the mean precipitation of Hunan Province (164.5mm) broke the historical record since 1951. Meanwhile, about 10 provinces involving in Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Hunan got severe consecutive rainy days. The consecutive rainy days of Wushan Mountain were 15 days which hit historical records.

Since September, the national mean temperature (16.7℃) is 0.2℃ higher than the normal years. But in some parts of Northeast, the fluctuations of temperature were very obvious. The extreme daily cooling events occurred in 17 stations mainly located in Northeast China with 12-18℃ dropping in one day. The dropping of daily temperature of Fuxin, Liaoning and Nong'an in Jilin has broken the historical records. (Sep.30)